In a previous post, I mentioned how XenDesktop was hypervisor agnostic and how XenDesktop could use Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V as the hypervisor platform. Now, Microsoft and Citrix have teamed up to create an on-line virtual lab demonstrating how these technologies work together. Want to test XenDesktop 4 on Hyper-V, but you cannot find the time to build a test environment? Well look no further, Citrix and Microsoft have teamed up to bring you the Hands on Lab. more...
Microsoft has released a series of videos all about App-V (Application Virtualization). These videos range from basic introductory configuration, to using App-V with AppLocker, to using Dynamic Suiting. Overview: AppLocker is a new feature of Windows7 that allows administrators to define policies that can allow or deny a user's ability to run or install executable, MSI, or script files. more...
Virtualization.info is reporting that Microsoft may starting hosting virtual machines in it's Windows Azure platform as early as March 2010. Azure started out as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution encompassing things like SQL Server Data Service (SSDS) - now SQL Azure. Azure is growing beyond these initials offerings and is quickly becoming more of a full service cloud computing environment. more...
Citrix recently released a white paper detailing findings of scaling XenDesktop to 5000 virtual desktops. What is interesting about this whitepaper is not only the results, but the methodology used. Citrix opted to use VMware ESX as the hypervisor in this testing. Also, NetApp was used for shared storage. Login VSI (Virtual Session Indexer) was used to simulate workloads. Testing was done in two phases - individual component scalability and full-system scalability. more...
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